Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Caenogastropoda incertae sedis > Superfamily Epitonioidea > Family Epitoniidae > Genus Epitonium

Epitonium clathrus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Epitonium*	Röding, 1798	accepted genus name
*Avalitiscala*	de Boury, 1912	synonym
*Cyclostoma*	Lamarck, 1799	synonym
*Depressiscala*	de Boury, 1909	synonym
*Epitonium (Asperiscala)*	de Boury, 1909	synonym
*Epitonium (Clathrus)*	Agassiz, 1837	synonym
*Epitonium (Fuscoscala)*	Sacco, 1890	synonym
*Epitonium (Hyaloscala)*	de Boury, 1889	synonym
*Epitonium (Labeoscala)*	de Boury, 1912	synonym
*Hyaloscala*	de Boury, 1890	synonym
*Parviscala*	de Boury, 1887	synonym
*Scala*	Mörch, 1852	synonym
*Scala (Clathrus)*	Agassiz, 1837	synonym
*Scala (Depressiscala)*	de Boury, 1909	synonym
*Scala (Hyaloscala)*	de Boury, 1890	synonym
*Scala (Labeoscala)*	de Boury, 1912	synonym
*Scala (Parviscala)*	de Boury, 1887	synonym
*Scalaria*	Lamarck, 1801	synonym
*Scalaria (Fuscoscala)*	Sacco, 1890	synonym

Species group names

*Epitonium (Clathrus) clathrus*	(Linnaeus, 1758)	synonym
*Epitonium (Clathrus) clathrus minimum*	F. Nordsieck, 1968	synonym
*Epitonium clathrus minimum*	F. Nordsieck, 1968	synonym
*Epitonium commune*	(Lamarck, 1822)	synonym
*Scala (Clathrus) communis*	(Lamarck, 1822)	synonym
*Scalaria annulata*	Milaschewitsch, 1909	synonym
*Scalaria communis*	Lamarck, 1822	synonym
*Scalaria mediterranea*	Locard & Caziot, 1901	synonym
*Scalaria mediterranea var. elongata*	Locard & Caziot, 1901	synonym
*Scalaria mediterranea var. major*	Locard & Caziot, 1901	synonym
*Scalaria mediterranea var. minor*	Locard & Caziot, 1901	synonym
*Scalaria obsita*	Locard, 1886	synonym
*Scalaria tumida*	Risso, 1826	synonym
*Turbo clathrus*	Linnaeus, 1758	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Danish: almindelig vindeltrappesnegl sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: gewone wenteltrap; gewoon wenteltrapje; wenteltrap; wenteltrapje sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points;Hayward, P.; Nelson-Smith, A.; Shields, C. (1999). Gids van kust en strand: flora en fauna [Coast and beach guide: flora and fauna]. Tirion: Baarn, Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-327-5. 352, ill. pp.;Eneman, E. (1984). Uit het Natuurhistorisch Archief [From the Natural History Archive]. De Strandvlo 4(1): 4-17;Eneman, E.; Kerckhof, F. (1983). From the Natural History Archive (continued) [Uit het Natuurhistorisch Archief (vervolg)]. De Strandvlo 3(3): 66-80

English: common European wentletrap; common wentletrap; European wentletrap; false wentletrap sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.;Strandvondsten van Gravelines tot Nieuwpoort. Ecogids Tjiftjaf;Lindner, G. (1999). Schelpengids: schelpen uit de wereldzeeën, vorm, voorkomen, systematiek [The shell guide: shells from the world oceans, shape, distribution and systematics]. Tirion: Baarn, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-409-3. 320 pp.

French: scalaire sources: Strandvondsten van Gravelines tot Nieuwpoort. Ecogids Tjiftjaf

German: gemeine Wendeltreppe; unechte Wendeltreppe sources: Lindner, G. (1999). Schelpengids: schelpen uit de wereldzeeën, vorm, voorkomen, systematiek [The shell guide: shells from the world oceans, shape, distribution and systematics]. Tirion: Baarn, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-409-3. 320 pp.;Unterwasser-Welt Ostsee

Swedish: vindeltrappa

Literature

basis of record	Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. 627 pp.
additional source	Landau B., La Perna R. & Marquet R. (2006). The Early Pliocene Gastropoda (Mollusca) of Estepona, Southern Spain. Part 6 – Triphoridae, Epitonioidea, Eulimoidea. Palaeontos. 10: 1-96, pl. 1-22.

Genbank

External Links

Marine Life Information Network - UK

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Epitonium clathrus (Linnaeus, 1758). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:146905